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. IT'S THE LAND AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION TASK FORCE MEETING . THIS IS AUGUST THE FOURTH, 2025 ON THE THEME MY COLLEAGUES FIRST OF ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO BE AND ALSO THE PUBLIC AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE HERE OF COURSE OUR STAFF WHO ARE WORKING SO HARD WE DO HAVE AN
[2. Adoption of the Agenda]
AGENDA TO SET BEFORE US AND THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO THE AGENDA.MR. ANSWERS MADE MOTION. MR. SIMMONS A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE ASK RIGHT.
HAVE UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
[3. Approval of the Minutes]
AND ALSO WE HAVE THE MINUTES THAT NEED TO BE APPROVED. WE HAVE MINUTES FROM THIRD.THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS REVISIONS THAT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES FEBRUARY 3RD. SO AND MR. SIMMONS HAS MOVED IN MR. HANSON'S SECOND ARE THOSE IN FAVOR THAT IS A UNANIMOUS VOTE UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON THE MINUTES FOR JUNE THE SECOND AT THIS TIME. OKAY.
[4. Staff Report]
WE'RE MOVING RIGHT INTO OUR STAFF REPORT. WE HAVE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO REPORT FROM MISS SARONIC IS STEWART.SHE ALSO HAS THE HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR AND THE SEWER CONNECTION SO GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. STRONACH AND STEWART PROJECT MANAGER HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS BLOCK IN STARK NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CORPORATION.
ALL RIGHTY. SO OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND DESIGN STUDIO.
I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AS WE KNOW THAT INDIVIDUALS OFTENTIMES WATCH THE GALA ENERGY TASK FORCE MEETINGS JUST TO ENSURE THAT I TOUCH ON SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROGRAM . SO THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO WAS CREATED BACK IN 2021 AND THE MISSION OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST OUR PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS WITHIN OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, CONCEPTUAL SITE DESIGNS, ADDRESSING BUSINESS LICENSING AS WELL AS CONNECTIONS TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR HEIRS, PROPERTY, PROPERTY TAXES AS WELL AS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT REGARDING THIS IS THAT SINCE MY TENURE HERE PROGRAM REMAINS CONSISTENT WE AT LEAST HAVE SEVERAL REQUESTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND THAT HAS NOT CHANGED PRETTY MUCH SHOWING THE NEED FOR THIS PROGRAM. THE FOCUS THROUGHOUT WE OFTENTIMES VERY HEAVILY ON EDUCATION WHETHER THAT'S FOR AND JUST TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE REQUESTS FROM THIS PAST MONTH FOCUSING EDUCATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DENSITY ALLOWANCES PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR MANUFACTURER HOUSING PLACEMENTS AS WELL AS CONCEPTUAL SITE DESIGNS ASSISTING PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THAT.
THE LAST MEETING WE HAD THERE WAS A REQUEST AND I THINK MR. ABDUL-MALIK BROUGHT THIS UP JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU ALL THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM OVERALL.
SO WHAT I'VE DONE WAS I'VE INCLUDED IN REPORT A TABLE SHOWING A BREAKDOWN OF OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO REQUESTS FROM EACH CALENDAR YEAR SHOWING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REQUESTS AT ABOUT 107 REQUESTS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS PROGRAM WITH ABOUT 90 OF THOSE CASES COMPLETED TO DATE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 17 ACTIVE CASES YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS KIND OF CARRY OVER YEAR OVER YEAR. BUT LOOK AT THAT OVERALL ABOUT 84% OF THOSE REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH ARE COMPLETED TO DATE AND WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM TO COLLABORATE INTERNALLY WITHIN WITH SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS HERE WITHIN THE TOWN.
BUT WE ALSO WORK WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES LIKE PRETTY MUCH THE HERITAGE LIBRARY WELL AS LOWCOUNTRY GULF FOUNDATION IN ORDER TO BRING THESE PROJECTS TO LIFE.
ANY QUESTIONS. I ONE OBSERVATION I THINK AND I HERE IT SAYS PROGRAMS INCEPTION WAS IN JULY OF 2022 AND IN YOUR NOTES I BELIEVE YOU OCTOBER OF 2021 LOOK A LITTLE DISCREPANCY
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THERE. YEAH, THE PROGRAM STARTED IN OF 2021 SORRY.AND I'M PROVIDING THE UPDATES TO JULY OF 2025 AS THE QUESTIONS BUT IF YOU ONLY WAS AROUND THAT WAS GOOD THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK. QUESTION ON THE ACTIVE PROJECTS I KNOW WE LAST HEARD THAT THE FUNDS OF THESE ACTIVE PROJECTS FOR PROJECTS WORK IN PROGRESS ARGUS HAS ACTIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED WHICH WAS THE ACTUAL STATUS OF THOSE YEAH.
YEAH. DESIGNS FOR DESIGN STUDIO RUNS THIS IS THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN STUDIO PROJECTS. SO THESE WILL BE BASED ON WE DON'T PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE DON'T PROVIDE ANY FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS.
OF COURSE THAT WE DO HAVE CURRENTLY 17 REMAINING PROJECTS THAT ARE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
MY QUESTION IS A LITTLE OFF BASE THERE. SO YEAH OBVIOUSLY AND SO I WAS UNDER OVER AND PENDING HERE BUT I WAS I WAS THINKING REPAIR BUT ACTUALLY DESIGN STUDIO REQUIRES ABSOLUTELY MORE DEVELOPMENT. SO I GUESS STILL HAS A FOLLOW ON THE QUESTION OF .
SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING TO GET COMPLETED.
ABSOLUTELY OFTENTIMES YOU WILL SEE THE FAMILIES WOULD KIND OF GO BACK AND KIND OF PRETTY MUCH CONVERSE WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO DETERMINE HOW THEY WOULD LOOK TO MOVE FORWARD.
SOME OF THEM ONE THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE FROM 2023 IS ABOUT PRETTY MUCH ACCESS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I TALK AS VAGUELY AS POSSIBLE JUST TWO OUT OF PRETTY MUCH NOT EXPOSING IDENTITY FOR WHAT'S KIND OF TAKING PLACE BUT IT CAN BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS CONVERSING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS TO DETERMINE THE FAMILY WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD OVERALL OR THAT CAN ALSO LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW, ACCESS DO THEY WANT TO DETERMINE OR HAVE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WITH ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO DETERMINE HOW THEY WANT TO ENSURE THE BEST ACCESS TO THEIR PARCELS. SO ARE PRETTY MUCH UNIQUE. EACH ONE IS VERY DIFFERENT.
I'LL SAY THE MOST ARE I? YEAH. THE QUESTION AS IS RELATED TO THE PROJECT AND DESIGN CAMPAIGN I MEAN DOES THAT MEAN THE PROS AND CONS OF YOU AND EVERY ISSUE THAT THEY HAS BEEN TOTALLY RESOLVED TO THE POINT OF HOW THEY NEED TO DO NOW MOVE ON THEIR OWN TO COMPLETE THE ACTUAL ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. MM HMM.
SO WE'VE DONE THERE HAVE BEEN RECORDS, PROPER DOCUMENTATION 2021 TO DATE ON ALL THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PERMITTING AND DESIGN. AND GENERALLY WHAT WE DO IS IN THAT INITIAL INTAKE SESSION WE DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT THAT PROPERTY OWNER IS COMING IN FOR. IT'S USUALLY PRETTY SPECIFIC. WHAT WE WILL THEN DO AND I HAVE REVIEWED ALL OF THE PROJECTS BEFORE PREPARING THIS REPORT FOR YOU ALL IS GOING THROUGH WHAT THE INITIAL REQUEST WAS AND WHERE CURRENTLY STANDS. SO WE ARE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE.
WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WHAT INFORMATION OR EITHER SPECIFIC PRETTY MUCH TIPS AND TOOLS IN ORDER TO GET TO WHAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE SINCE THAT'S GONE, WAS THAT CLEAR? THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS IS IS IN RELATION TO THE CONCEPTUAL SITE DESIGN WHEN WE HELP OVER THE CONCEPTUAL SITE DESIGN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN USE TO TAKE TO A. I MEAN IS THAT LIKE A FORMAL DOCUMENT THAT THEY CAN USE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROJECT WITH CONSTRUCTION AND THOSE APPROVALS? SO WE DO IS I GO AS FAR AS ONE OF THE INITIAL PRETTY MUCH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN STUDIO IS TO PROVIDE EITHER A PLAT OR SOME FORM OF A SURVEY REGARDING REGARDLESS OF HOW DATED IT IS THAT I PRETTY MUCH ASK FOR THEM TO PROVIDE US. I WILL PRINT THAT OUT UTILIZING THE PLOTTER HERE AT THE TOWN VERY LARGE DOCUMENT I WILL DO THINGS AS SIMPLE AS PRETTY MUCH PRINTING OUT OR HAVING CONSTRUCTION CARDS JUST SHOWING THE SIZE NOT SPECIFICALLY TO
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SCALE BUT CLOSE TO SCALE SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW THEY WANT TO DO PLACEMENT FOR THEIR SITES WHEN WE DON'T JUST STOP THERE. WHAT I'LL WHAT I ALSO DO IS I WORK WITH ADDITIONAL PLANNERS IN HOUSE TO CREATE A DIGITAL FILE FOR THEM AND THAT WAY THEY CAN OFF TO A SURVEYOR TO DETERMINE EXACTLY THEY HAVE KIND OF A PLAN THAT CONCEPTUAL PLAN OF WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FOR THEIR SITES. SO WE GO AS SIMPLE AS PENCIL PAPER AND LITTLE CONSTRUCTION CARDS, PLAN ON SURVEYS, ALL WAY THROUGH TO A DIGITAL DOCUMENT THAT THEY CAN THEN PROVIDE AND THEN OF COURSE YOU ALSO PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION ABOUT SETBACKS AND BUFFERS AND LANDSCAPING AND THAT SORT OF AS WELL.SO THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED DURING OUR MEETINGS. YES.
OKAY. THE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. YEAH.
MR. SIMS, ONE OF THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT OR IT CAME UP ABOUT THE NAMES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE STREETS AND OTHERWISE THAT WE TRIED MAINTAIN SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY NAMES WHERE I KNOW IN SOME CASES THE NAMES FOR THE STREETS WERE JUST ON A DIFFERENT FROM FAMILIES OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD SPEAK TO THE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT UP IN A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WE TRY TO STICK TO NAMES RELATIVE TO THE FAMILIES OR DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF HISTORY.
YEAH. SO THE HISTORY OF THE LOCATION. JUST WANT TO KEEP ON TRACK.
KEEP THAT IN MIND. I SHOULD SAY WHEN THE FAMILIES COME IN LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU KNOW GREAT GRANDFATHER SOMEONE WAS THE MATRIARCH, THE PATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY DOWN THE YEARS THAT HE MAY WANT TO USE THAT NAME OR PIECES OF COMMON OR STANDARD STREET NAME AND THINGS TIME THAT'S PULLED FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ABSOLUTELY. SO I DO HAVE THAT DOCUMENT LIST .
I WORK VERY CLOSELY FOR THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND DESIGN STUDIO PROGRAM WITH FIRE-RESCUE SO AND JOE PFISTER WORK VERY CLOSELY ESPECIALLY WITH STREET NAMING AND JUST PROPER ACCESS OR WHETHER IT'S A PLACEMENT OF A HOME OR OR REPLACEMENT AND I DO HAVE THAT LIST. OFTENTIMES THE PERSON HAS A NAME THAT THEY WANT TO USE BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT ONE TO REFERENCE IF SOMEONE RIGHT THAT CAN BE THE QUESTION AND YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM UPDATE ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO STEP INTO THE HAS HOME SAFETY REPAIR. OKAY.
OKAY. ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THE HOME SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM UPDATE FOR TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY THE FULL FUNDING ALLOCATION OF $1,499,741. THIS HAS RESULTED IN COMPLETION OF 108 CRITICAL HOME REPAIR PROJECTS. FOR ME WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I WILL TELL YOU AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 60 OF THESE PROJECTS I HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY A PART OF THROUGHOUT 2024 FROM SCHEDULING SITE VISITS, WALKING THROUGH HOMES WITH PROPERTY OWNERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ASSISTING ADMIN PERSONNEL AND OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS TO GET IN THERE AND TO MAKE SURE THINGS WERE DONE RIGHT IN CLOSE COORDINATION WELL WITH OUR CONTRACTORS. SO I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO CELEBRATE THE IMPACT THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS HAD. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 108 CRITICAL HOME REPAIR PROJECTS, WE ALSO SHOULD THAT THAT WASN'T JUST 108 INDIVIDUALS.
THERE WAS HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS PROGRAM.
WHEN WE STEP INTO THE PROGRAM DATA FOR THIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 19 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE FULLY COMPLETED. HOWEVER WE'RE CURRENTLY AWAITING ADDITIONAL FUNDING IF WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE PAUSED THE ACCEPTANCE OF NEW APPLICATIONS BEING THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN JUST THE SUCCESS AND THE IMPACT THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS HAD TO DATE THOUGH BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AS MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK FUNDING SOURCES ON ANY POTENTIAL SOURCES THAT ARE BEING SOUGHT ON THE NEW
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FUNDING. UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. WE WANT TO BE CLEAR AND CONCISE ABOUT.WE DO PARTNER WITH LOOKING FORWARD FORWARD TO OTHER QUESTIONS.
GOOD. I SEE THAT I APOLOGIZE. I LOOKING AT THE DATE I BELIEVE FOR THE INCEPTION THIS PROGRAM ABOUT THE HOME REPAIR EARLIER FOLLOWED YOU ALL RIGHTY CHAIRMAN IS IT OKAY TO TRANSITION ON TO SEWER? YES.
PLEASE ASK FOR THE LATERAL SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM. VERY SIMILAR TO HOME SAFETY AND REPAIR BUT WITH THIS ONE WE HAVE COMPLETED ROUGHLY 35 CONNECTIONS TO DATE.
OUR STAFF CONTINUE SPECIFICALLY ME ESPECIALLY TO COLLABORATE WITH HILL AND HEAD PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT AS WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL PROJECT THAT REMAINS UNDER CONTRACT AT THIS TIME.
THE PROGRAM WAS ALLOCATED $369,000 470 $369,417 WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ALLOCATED JUST LIKE HOME SAFETY REPAIR AS A RESULT OF US NOT AT THIS TIME NOT HAVING AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING IDENTIFIED. WE HAVE PAUSED ALL APPLICATIONS AND THE PURPOSE OF PAUSING THESE APPLICATIONS IS JUST ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT PROVIDING FALSE HOPE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENSURING THAT JUST LIKE HOME SAFETY REPAIR THERE IS A WAY TO GIVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL OPTION. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? YEAH.
MR. HARRIS YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THESE THESE SEWER CONNECTIONS THEY DON'T JUST IMPACT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT MAY BE FAILING AND THEY DO FAIL AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME BUT THEY IMPACT ALL OF US AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ISLAND AND.
I THINK IT'S JUST CRITICAL THAT ULTIMATELY WE AND HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER THE TOWN ALL PROPERTIES THAT ARE HAVE SEPTIC SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN ASPIRE TO CONNECT ALL OF THOSE INTO OUR SEWER SYSTEMS THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE BROADER NEWS IN THE FUTURE. FUNDING SOURCE WAS ABSOLUTELY GREAT POINTS, MR. HAYES. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T QUALIFY SEWER CONNECTION BECAUSE OF THEIR INCOME ON HAVING AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ALSO SOME AREAS IN COMMUNITIES HAVE OPTED OUT OF CONNECTING TO THE SEWER YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND I HOPE THAT THE TOWN CAN ENCOURAGE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER INSTEAD OF USING STEPPED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SO THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN. THANK YOU. MR. SANDERS.
YEAH. THE FOLLOW UP OF JAMES STATEMENT IS THAT ABOUT PEOPLE OPTING OUT? DO WE HAVE A STATISTICS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE EITHER OPTED OR DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR AT LAST WE UNDERSTAND SEWER THE SEWER IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE ONLINE.
THAT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. SO IF WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE OPTED OUT OR DIDN'T QUALIFY THAT WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. PERSONALLY I WILL TELL YOU THROUGH 51 APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM JULY 2022 TO JULY 2025, WE HAVE HAD TWO APPLICATIONS THAT WERE NOT ELIGIBLE AND THAT WAS JUST THROUGH THE TOWNS PROGRAM AND THAT WAS STRICTLY BASED ON INCOME WHERE WE FOLLOW THE AMI PROTOCOLS FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.
OFTENTIMES WHEN THERE ISN'T A CONNECTION IT'S USUALLY FINANCES BECAUSE AS YOU MENTION THE MAJORITY OF HILTON HEAD HAS ACCESS TO TAP SEWER. RIGHT.
AND AS FAR AS FUNDING THE PREVIOUS FUNDING FOR THIS, THE TOWN OF THE JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN TOWN AND THE USDA A YEAR AGO SO THE PREVIOUS FUNDING THE 369,000 WAS
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ACTUALLY PROVIDED AS ARPA FUNDS. SO THOSE WERE FEDERAL FUNDS PROVIDED BACK IN 2022 AND THE TOWN ALLOCATED THOSE FOR THAT SEWER CONNECTION.UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS NOT DIRECT FUNDING FROM THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD SO IT'S LAW AND THE HOME AND SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM ALL FROM THE SAME AREA FOLLOWING? ABSOLUTELY THEY WERE BOTH FROM ARPA FUNDING. SO THAT DOES NOT IS NOT CALCULATED IN MONEY FOR EITHER ITSELF AND THERE IS NO BUDGET ITEM FOR THE TOWN FOR EITHER PROGRAM. CORRECT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO MR. HANSON'S COMMENT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE TOWN TO FIND SOME FUNDS AS THEY FOR MOST THINGS THEY WANT TO FUND DO LOOK INTO THIS I MEAN I THINK THIS AS POINTED OUT IN THIS THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF EVERYONE.
YOU KNOW THE SEWER AND THE SEWER PROGRAM I THINK WAS CREATED TO TO ELIMINATE SEWER TREATED INTO THE WATER SYSTEMS . SO ALL OF THAT HERE IS CLEAR TRY AND FIND SOME FUNDING. THE COUNCILMAN IS HERE SO WE'LL START.
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT TO SEE IF THERE'S FUNDS AVAILABLE AND MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ELSEWHERE ON THAT AS WELL. SO SEE WHERE MONEY'S GOING TO BE FOUND.
YES, THAT'S RIGHT. MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU AND MR. STORY THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HELP WITH IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO HELP YOU AND THE REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR THESE VARIOUS IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ASSIST WITH? I THINK THE MONEY IS YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THE TOWN PLACED IT IN THE BUDGET IS THEY ARE NEED FOR US TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE, A CONVERSATION. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP? I WOULD SAY FROM THE TOWN'S PERSPECTIVE I THINK DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH PROGRAMS AND ENSURING THAT IDENTIFY A DECENT SOURCE FOR FUNDING IS GOING TO BE KEY AT THIS TIME I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO TRULY SUPPORT.
I'M GOING STEP ASIDE FOR A SECOND HERE AND GIVE COUNCILMAN BROWN A SECOND TO SPEAK.
COUNCILMAN BROWN, WELCOME. AFTERNOON SINCE WE'RE TALKING FUNDING, I FIGURED I'D GET UP OUT OF MY SEAT ALL OF THIS DO IT IS EXPLAINED TO YOU IS CORRECT.
I WOULD ALSO OFFER THAT THE TOWN IS ENGAGING WITH THE BEAUFORT JASPER HOUSING TRUST TO POTENTIALLY TAP INTO SOME HOUSING FUNDS THAT CAN HELP WITH THE HOME AND REPAIR.
MS. RIGHT NEXT TO QUESTION HOW CAN THE COMMUNITY GET INVOLVED AS FAR AS PRECIOUS ARE CONCERNED? AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO TO STATE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE SEWER CONNECTIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WITHIN SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
OKAY. SO THE PSC HAS THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHO NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE SOME GOOD REASONS AS TO WHY FOLKS ARE NOT CONNECTED.
THAT IS IT'S NOT ONLY FINANCIAL, THERE'S SOME OTHER REASONS AS WELL.
SO I JUST ENCOURAGE US TO I GUESS COLLABORATE WITH THE PSB TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE FULL STORY AND NUMBER ONE. AND THEN SECONDLY THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITY FOR A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE PSC TO START TO RAISE SOME FUNDING THROUGH EITHER GRANTS PHILANTHROPY OR OTHERWISE SO THAT WE CAN GET FOLKS CONNECTED.
OBVIOUSLY THE TOWN HAS MADE A HUGE INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA FROM YEARS AGO AND EVEN CURRENTLY WITH THE ARPA AND I CAN UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE AND ALSO AGREE WITH THE NEED TO CONTINUE SO THAT WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE EVERYONE HAS SAFE ACCESS TO THE SEWER SYSTEM.
BUT I JUST ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO SPREAD THE PRESSURE THE TOWN AND THESE BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP. OKAY. SO COUNCILMAN BROWN, YOU MAY REFRESH MY MEMORY THOUGH AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT AS SOME PEOPLE JUST SIMPLY DO NOT
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CARE TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER WE HAVE THIS IS A IT WILL BE A NOT TO CARE THING.YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO SPEAK TO ESD TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER ARE YOU THE PRIME EXAMPLE? OUR GOOD FRIEND MR. WILLIAMS IS IN THE CROWD THE SPANISH WELLS PLANTATION IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT STILL HAS SIGNIFICANT FOLKS THAT ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE SEWER FOR WHAT REASON? I'M NOT 100% SURE BUT THERE ARE REASONS WHY.
RIGHT. MY NAME IS JIM BURNS FIRST AND THE COMMISSION IS THE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SEND A LETTER TO THE TOWN REQUESTING THAT THEY DO THEY CAN FIND RESOURCES FOR THIS GROUP AROUND AND SHOULD BE IN AN EMAIL OR INVITE IN SAME BUT IT WAS A UNANIMOUS CONSENT ON THOSE. YEAH YEAH WE GOT THAT WE RECEIVED AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. WELL I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING I'M PLAYING THE SEED.
WE'VE GOT A PROGRAM WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE LOW COUNTRY THAT STILL HAS FUNDING THAT WE CANNOT ALLOCATE BECAUSE OF THE STRINGS THAT TO IT. SO I THINK WE HAVE TWO CHOICES BEFORE US. EITHER WE RECONSTRUCT THAT PROGRAM AND CHANGE THE GUIDELINES OR WE CREATE ANOTHER ONE. IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT MAYOR STEWART HAS EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH.
OKAY. AND THEN TRY TO POPULATE IT FROM MAYBE PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOT US OVER THE HUMP THE LAST TIME.
I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING ADVANTAGE. IS THERE AN A REMAIN TO THE TIME BECAUSE IS LOANS.
WHEN I WAS INVOLVED IN FOLK IN SPANISH ROSE FELT LIKE THERE SOMETHING THE SYSTEMS WERE NODDING IN THERE AND THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH STURDY ENOUGH TO TURN THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT AS MUCH AS ONE OF MANY HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL MAINTAIN OWNERS.
RIGHT. THEN THE QUESTION WAS REALLY WHY ARE THEY BEING YOU KNOW, DESIGNED SO THAT THAT WAS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN ADDRESSED? WELL, I AGAIN I'M GOING TO TO WORK TOGETHER. YEAH. I THINK IT WAS A QUESTION COMMENTS ON THE SEWER CONNECTION PROGRAM OF MR. BARCLAY.
YEAH. SO TALK NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON. KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.
IT IS GOING BE VERY IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE FIND THESE COLLABORATIVE POINTS, FIND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE I'VE RECENTLY YOU KNOW THROUGH THE THE RECENT BILL THAT PASSED THE SENATE AND I THINK IS WORKING ITS WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE BUT ARE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING CUT CDBG IS BEING ZEROED. SO WE CAN'T EXPECT ZERO HELP FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE THAT WE FIGURE OUT WAYS TO COLLABORATE BETWEEN THE TOWN, THE WHOMEVER, THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY BECAUSE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE ANY ASSISTANCE FROM WASHINGTON TO SUPPORT THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS. SO IF ANYBODY IS AWARE OF ANY RESOURCES PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING THOSE TO THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE WE WILL THIS BE AN ALL HANDS ON DECK TYPE OF SITUATION. SO THAT'S THE GIST OF MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. YEAH, THANK YOU MR. BAXLEY THAT'S A GREAT POINT. AS A COUNCILMAN BROWN ALSO MENTIONED, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME EFFORTS FROM THE COMMUNITIES, ADVOCATES AND PHILANTHROPY AND OTHER EFFORTS THEN THEY OTHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL METHODS OF FEDERAL OR EVEN STATE FUNDING HAS BECOME A MORE CREATIVE. SO CERTAINLY WE WANT TO BE GOOD ADVOCATES FOR GIVING EVERYONE ON SEWER AND CERTAINLY FOR THE SAFETY OF , THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
OF COURSE THE COMMENTS FROM STEWART ON THIS AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YOU HAVE SOME THINGS YOU AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER MAKE MAYBE THINK OF OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AS WELL BUT IF YOU WOULD TAKE A MOMENT AND SHARE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT BE GREAT. ABSOLUTELY.
AS ALL KNOW THROUGH SOME OF OUR OUR PRETTY MUCH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LOWCOUNTRY GALA FOUNDATION AND THE OF HILTON HEAD ALONG WITH THE CDC, WE HAVE WE CONTINUE TO HOST EDUCATIONAL
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MEETINGS WORKSHOPS. ABOUT TWO SATURDAYS AGO WE HAD AN ESTATE WORKSHOP THAT TOOK PLACE OVER IN CENTRAL OAK GROVE WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL UPCOMING THROUGH THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WE HAVE OUR MONEY TALK SERIES FOR SECOND SESSION ON AUGUST THE 19TH. THIS EVENT WILL PRETTY MUCH SPEAK TO LENDING AND NAVIGATING ACCESS TO CAPITAL IN THIS CHANGING CLIMATE.AS STATED BEFORE, THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST THE 19TH.
IT WILL BE AT THE ISLAND REC CENTER SO 21 ROAD FROM ABOUT 530 TO ABOUT 7 P.M. AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS ,SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OR BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE THAT TO OF ATTEND SOME OF THESE MONEY TALK THIS MONEY TALK SERIES TO HELP ADVANCE AND DEVELOP SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE WITHIN THE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE DO HAVE OUR HILTON HEAD HEIRS PROPERTY WORKSHOP STILL TAKING PLACE.
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE ON AUGUST THE 23RD WHERE THE BEAUFORT COUNTY TREASURER WILL COME IN THIS WILL TAKE PLACE AT FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH ON 17 BEACH CITY ROAD FROM ABOUT 11 TO 2 P.M.. SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATING ALL TOGETHER IN ORDER TO BRING THESE WORKSHOPS AND SERIES TO START TO DO THAT FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST WHAT WAS THAT DATE AGAIN? IT IS AUGUST 23RD WAS THE 23RD.
OKAY, GREAT. I THINK WE'RE SHARING THAT WITH AS BEST FRIENDS.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SEND THIS COMMITTEE OUT CALENDAR OF THOSE EVENTS? ABSOLUTELY.
THANKS. OVER TO MR. CHAIRMAN. AND I DO KNOW THAT SOME IT WAS HELPFUL TO PASS OUT SOME OF THE FLIERS TO THE CHURCHES AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WELL. ARE THESE EVENTS ON OUR WEBSITE, THE TOWN'S WEBSITE? YES. THESE EVENTS USUALLY SHARED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE.
WE ALSO KEEP THEM UP ON OUR BULLETINS HERE AT THE TOWN AT TOWN HALL.
ANOTHER THING IS WE DO AN ADDITIONAL PUSH OF COURSE LOWCOUNTRY GOLF FOUNDATION, THE CDC. WE PUSH COMMUNICATIONS OUT TO CHURCHES AS WELL AS THOSE HAND DELIVERIES TO COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS CIRCULATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
RIGHT. YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT THERE.
WELL, MUCH A COMMENT OR AND A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU JOIN WITH OTHER PARTNERS THERE. ARE WE HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WERE OFFERED BY MY SISTER ON THE HOUSE FOR PARENTS AND THEY ACCOUNTABLE IN ATTENDING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS SO THAT AND CAN WE ASSESS THAT IN A WAY THAT THEY ARE ASKED TO ATTEND SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND AS A PART OF THE APPLICATION BEING PROCESS OR LOOKING AT IDENTIFYING WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN GET FUNDING BUT JUST GETTING THE FUNDING AND NOT HAVING ANY ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUTTING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY IN WHATEVER WAY WHETHER OR NOT IT'S JUST ATTENDING THESE WORKSHOPS OR EVEN ATTENDING MEETING. AND WE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT OR CONSIDER THAT OR THAT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT AT THIS TIME. PERSONALLY I HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF MY DIRECT REPORTS HAVE BUT THAT IS AND COULD BE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL EDUCATION RIGHT. AND I THINK IF WE COULD TAILOR SOME WORKSHOP PIECE AROUND MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CURRENTLY CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT WOULD BE GOOD. I KNOW WITH OUR THE ESTATE PLANNING WORKSHOP AND I OFTENTIMES LIKE TRY TO ATTEND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WE HAD OVER INDIVIDUALS FROM THIS COMMUNITY THAT SAID WITHIN AND EVERYONE HAD QUESTIONS FLYING AROUND THE ROOM I MEAN I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THE THE WORKSHOP AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THEM COMING UP WITH BENEFITS THAT CAME AFTERWARDS EVERYONE WHO WALKED FROM THE WORKSHOP ON JULY 26 THEY ALL THEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ANOTHER FOR FREE WILL CLINIC YOU KNOW SOMETHING THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING FOR THE WILL SOMEBODY WILL HELP THEM AND ASSISTS.
SO I IF WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT WORKSHOPS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO WHO ARE APPLYING FOR SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE AN OPTION BEFORE MAKING IT A FULL ON REQUIREMENT SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ALSO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HAVING TESTIMONY SO PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY HAD THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON I THINK JUST HAVING THEM THERE TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE ABOUT JUST SITTING ON A PANEL THEMSELVES AND HOW MUCH THEY KNOW THAT IT HAS BENEFITED OTHER INDIVIDUALS. SO I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY THOSE ARE QUESTIONS
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COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A REPORT ON OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE UPDATE. GOOD AFTERNOON.GOOD AFTERNOON. TASK FORCE MEMBERS. I'M SHERRI FARRAR AND I'M WITH THE COMMUNITY PLANNING TEAM. WE ALSO HAVE MICHELLE MILLER HERE WHO'S OUR COMMUNITY PLANNING MANAGER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE.
FOLLOWING OUR UPDATES I'LL BE PROVIDING UPDATES ON THE TWO PROJECTS DISTRICTS AND ALAMO FOR THE TASK FORCE. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE PART OF THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN TOWN COUNCIL RELATED TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
RIGHT NOW THE DISTRICTS PROJECT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP PLANNED FOR TOWN COUNCIL IN OCTOBER .
ALL OF THE DRAFT PLANS ARE BEING PREPARED BY STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANT SO THAT WILL BE A TOTAL SEVEN DRAFT PLANS FOR THOSE DISTRICTS. WE HELD A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF JANUARY THROUGH MARCH WHERE WE HAD OVER 700 SURVEY RESPONDENTS, 300 ATTENDEES TO THOSE VARIOUS MEETINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO GET INPUT THROUGH A VARIETY OF INTERACTIVE STATIONS. WE LEARNED INFORMATION ON ZONING CONCERNS AND TRAFFIC CONCERNS, NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS SO WE GOT EXTREMELY VALUABLE THROUGH THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS AND THROUGH THOSE SURVEYS THAT INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN FUNNELING TO OUR CONSULTANT AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE OTHER PROPERTY PROJECT WHICH IS THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE. SO AT THIS TIME BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS WE ARE RELAYING INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LEARNING THROUGH DISTRICTS TO OUR CODE CONSULTANT AND THEY ARE WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND ON THE INITIAL MODULES FOR THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE BUT RELATIVELY NEW TO LAND MANAGEMENT. NOW AS YOU'RE AWARE WE HAVE KIND OF TWO INITIATIVES RELATIVE TO THE LAND ORDINANCE WHICH IS THE PROPERTY AMENDMENTS AND THEN THE FULL OVERHAUL PROJECT. SO WE'RE NEARING THE COMPLETION WITH OUR PROPERTY AMENDMENTS THERE BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION AT TIME.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER RELATIVE TO THE PROJECT OVERALL THAT WE'RE NOT AIMING TO MAKE HUGE CHANGES. WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS LIKE THE THE SUBDIVISIONS AND THE FAMILY COMPOUNDS. SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT WHOLESALE CHANGES. WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE FROM LESSONS LEARNED AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY RELATIVE TO ITEMS. ALSO WE HAVE ADDED SHANIKA AND THOMAS TO OUR STAFF TEAM, OUR TECHNICAL GROUP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR CONSULTANT. THEY HAVE THE DIRECT INTEREST OF THE TASK FORCE IN MIND.
THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO COME TOWN COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER FOR A WORKSHOP.
RIGHT NOW BEHIND THE SCENES WE ARE PLANNING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLANNING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMISSION AND THE TASK FORCE. SO ONCE WE HIT THAT MARK WITH TOWN COUNCIL WE WILL HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH HOW ALL OF THAT WILL BE SET UP.
BUT IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE TASK FORCE WILL BE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE REVIEW OF THE CHANGES TO THE LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY UPDATE FOR YOU ON THE STATUS OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS.
YOU MENTIONED THE TEN PRIOR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL NOW THE 40 AMENDMENTS ARE BEFORE COUNCIL NOW SO THOSE WERE THE AMENDMENTS THAT CAME THROUGH.
AS YOU RECALL WE HAD MULTIPLE PHASES OF CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING FORWARD SINCE 2020 I BELIEVE. SO THIS WAS THE LAST SET OF THOSE PIECEMEAL CHANGES THAT THAT WE ARE ADOPTING PRIOR TO THE FULL. I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT WE'RE ALSO RELAYING THOSE CHANGES TO OUR CODE CONSULTANT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN EVEN BETTER REFINE SOME OF SOME OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
SO A LOT OF THE CHANGES ARE CRITICAL CHANGES JUST TO TO FIX TO FIX IMMEDIATE ISSUES.
BUT OVERALL THE CODE CONSULTANT THAT WE HAVE AS WELL AS STAFF WILL WORK TO REALLY REFINE OUR LAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE IN A WAY IMPROVES UPON IT IS GOING TO BE MORE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY STREAMLINED, MORE GRAPHICS, MORE UNDERSTANDABLE EASIER USE BUT KEEPING ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THIS ISLAND AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THE WORK THAT THAT
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YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR THIS COMMUNITY LIKE WITH THE FAMILY COMPOUND AND SUBDIVISIONS, THOSE THINGS WILL REMAIN INTEGRAL IN THAT SET UP AND WHERE WE FIND THOSE PRIORITY AMENDMENTS NOW THEY ARE THEY ARE COMING OUT THROUGH A TOWN COUNCIL'S AGENDAS.SO RIGHT NOW IN AT THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING LATER THIS MONTH WE HAVE FIRST READING OF A NUMBER OF THOSE AND THEN SECOND READING ON A SET. SO WE HAVE THOSE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE CHANGES TO SETBACKS, MASS AND SCALE SIGNS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, OUR SUBDIVISION PROCESS OPEN SPACE TREES ALL OF THESE ARE ALL THESE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE BY IN THE PAST SO THAT WAS THAT PHASE OF AMENDMENTS THAT WE WOULD TAKE FORWARD IN ADVANCE OF THE FALL ALAMO OVERHAUL.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. MR. HANS OF THE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT THE CODE CONSULTANT FOR THE ALAMO IS THAT THE SAME CONSULTING FIRM THAT'S CONSULTING WITH THE DISTRICT PLANNING? NOW WE HAVE CODE STUDIO IS OUR CONSULTANT FOR THE ALAMO PROJECT AND WE HAVE DESIGN WORKSHOP ON HAND TO ASSIST US WITH THE DISTRICTS. THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN LED MORE BY STAFF AND WE'VE GOTTEN MORE SUPPORT FROM THEM AND SOME OF THE PLAN ASSEMBLY AND PROOFING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT THE CONSULTANT. WE ARE HOWEVER COORDINATING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION ACROSS THOSE FRONTS. AND IS IT IS IT THE DISTRICT PLANS ARE GOING TO INFORM THE ALAMO CHANGES THE THE THE FULL OVERHAUL OR ARE WE GOING TO GET TO DISTRICT PLANS AND KIND OF APPROVE BEFORE WE SEND THEM OVER TO THE CONSULTANT FOR THE ALAMO CHANGES.
THEY'RE WE'RE SENDING INFORMATION AS YOU KNOW AS FLAGS AT THIS POINT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THESE THESE CONCERNS AS WE GO AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE DISTRICT PLANS GO TO TOWN COUNCIL IN OCTOBER THAT WILL ALLOW TO THEN BEGIN A PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS WHICH YOU WILL BE VERY MUCH IN AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL REVIEW THOSE PLANS AND THE TASK FORCE WILL BE A PART OF OF SEEING AND MOVING THE DISTRICT PLANS. SO THAT WILL THAT WILL COME ALSO AFTER THE WORKSHOP. SO THERE'S TIME FOR ADDITIONAL INPUT INTO THE DISTRICT PLANS AND WE CAN REFINE INFORMATION THAT WE SEND TO OUR CONSULTANT BASED THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
OKAY. I WAS JUST FOLLOWING CLARIFICATION YOU SAYING THE DOWN IS GOING TO BE HAVING A FIRST READING ON SOME PROPOSED PLANS? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE YOU HAVE THE TOWN COUNCIL ZONE ON FIRST I'M CURRENTLY READING OF THE FIRST READING IS FOR AMENDMENTS THAT REVIEWED PREVIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MSI HAS PROVIDED UPDATES THOSE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE AMENDMENTS SO THOSE HAVE THOSE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE TASK FORCE FOR YOUR AWARENESS AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD THROUGH THAT THE PLANNING HAS REVIEWED THEM THE COMMUNITY KPBS SEA COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THOSE OF TOWN AND NOW THEY'RE IN FRONT OF TOWN COUNCIL. SO ONCE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING THAT BECOMES THE RULES.
YES, THOSE WILL BE ENACTED UPON SECOND READING. OKAY.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION ME IS IN BARCELONA RECENT JUST YOU KNOW I'M JUST A HARD COPY OF WHAT DON'T I LIKE THOSE THINGS KNOW ABSOLUTELY WE WERE GIVEN IN FROM YOU KNOW THESE NEW THESE WE THEY'RE GOING TO DOVE IN THE STATE REALLY SHOWS US EXACTLY WHAT TOWN COUNCIL MEAN.
YES THAT'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL. WE CAN PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THOSE AMENDMENTS FOR YOU.
THANKS VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. AND AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE ITEMS, THESE REPORTS, I SHOULD HAVE MAYBE PAUSED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING DONE IN OUR
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PUBLIC OR IN ATTENDANCE THAT I HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. YES, MR. SCOTT. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON.I THINK I PROBABLY MENTIONED THIS ONCE BEFORE BUT IS A GREAT COMMENT FROM BROTHER IBRAHIM ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW I THINK YOU KNOW WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE AMENDMENTS GOING TO AFFECT OUR CURRENT VERSUS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. A LOT OF INFORMATION KIND OF COMES BEFORE US AND IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT HERE, A LITTLE BIT THERE SOME IMPACT, SOME UPDATES BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT I MEAN WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WE CAN DO X, Y, Z IN THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO X, Y, Z.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW. SO HOW CAN WE ACT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING? I MEAN AGAIN YOU GUYS ARE OUR VOICE SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO AFFECT OUR USE. I MENTIONED ABOUT SOME TYPE OF SCHEMATIC YOU KNOW WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT TODAY YOU CAN DO TOMORROW. THIS IS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
I MEAN WE'RE KIND OF GOING INTO THIS BLINDLY AND I THINK IT CAN COME BACK AND BITE US BECAUSE AGAIN THESE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AFFECTS OUR USE OUR PROPERTY, HOW WE USE OUR PROPERTY EVERYBODY COLLECTIVELY BUT THE MOST IMPACTFUL IS GOING TO BE ON THE GULLAH PROPERTY.
SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW WHAT THESE AMENDMENTS AND DRAFTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO ACTUALLY HOW IS GOING TO ACTUALLY AFFECT US? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER BUT DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? OKAY. WELL I HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MR. SCOTT'S POINT IS WELL TAKEN. HE'S REMINDED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IN THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN AND I YOU MIGHT ASK WHERE WE FIND THOSE AMENDMENTS BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR, MR. LEE TO HAVE ONE PLACE THAT WE COULD HAVE A LOOK AT THEM ALL, HAVE SOME COMMENTS. THESE ARE AMENDMENTS AS YOU RECALL THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE US AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.
AND AGAIN, TO MR. SCOTT'S POINT, A BIT IN A LITTLE BIT THERE BUT IT'D BE GOOD TO SEE THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE AND BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO AFFECT OUR OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR AREAS THEY'RE ALL VERY INTIMATELY CONNECTED.
WE HAVE WHO ARE COMING IN TO THE DESIGN STUDIO TRYING TO DO THINGS WITH THEIR PROPERTY TODAY ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT ONCE THESE AMENDMENTS GO THROUGH THAT MAYBE IT'S NICE NOT WHAT THEY CAN DO. I'M SURE OUR STAFF IS IS AWARE THAT IS GIVING OUT GOOD ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO TO THE DESIGN STUDIO OR EVEN REMOTELY WITH HOME REPAIRS.
BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE DESIGN STUDIO AND HOW PEOPLE USE THE PROPERTY WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH OUR PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. OKAY. YEAH, NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE.
CERTAINLY. I'M SORRY I MISSED IT FOR ME. PLEASE.
YOU KNOW, ANY SUGGESTION THAT WE WANT TO HAVE IS WHEN THE MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN COMING UP AND COMING UP AND SOMEHOW DETERS HOMEOWNERS WHO MAY BE AVAILABLE OR MAKE SOME EFFORT TO BE MORE PRESENT AND SOME OF THOSE SOME OF THOSE EVENTS. SO THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE ONCE THIS GATHERING GIVES US A SCHEDULE LATER THIS MONTH AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD BE AVAILABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON I THINK IT WOULD HELP US TO HAVE SOME MORE HANDS ON HANDS ON INFORMATION. ABSOLUTELY ALWAYS. I THINK WE SHOULD ATTEND WHEN WHENEVER AND WHEREVER WE CAN AND TO MS.. RICE POINT EARLIER AND, I THINK COUNCILMAN BROWN SPOKE TO THIS ABOUT IF WE FIND FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS OR WHATEVER THOSE PROGRAMS MAY BE, THERE MAY BE A WAY TO PUT INTO THE GUIDELINES OF HAVING PEOPLE TO REQUIRE THEM TO ATTEND SOME OF THESE WORKSHOPS.
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I KNOW WE DO THAT WITH OUR LOWCOUNTRY GULLAH FOUNDATION AND HELPING TO PEOPLE TO SAVE THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE HERE AS PROPERTY AND RESCUE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.SO WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KEEP COMING BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE WANT THEM TO GET THE EDUCATION, UNDERSTAND HOW TO STAY THAT LIST AND HAVING TO ALWAYS TO AN ORGANIZATION FOR HELP AND SAVING IN THEIR PROPERTY TO ALONG THOSE SAME LINES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCESSING FUNDS AND RECEIVING FUNDS. WE SHOULD ASK THEM TO BE COMMITTED TO GETTING AN EDUCATION OF SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS TOO AND THAT'S MY LINK. YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND THOSE OF US ON THE TASK FORCE AND IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS SHOULD HAVE PRESENCE THERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YES, SIR. I LIKE I LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE AND I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING FOLKS WHO APPLY THAT IS NOT A PART OF THE CURRENT APPLICATION PROCESS AND. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOME DEGREE OF OF PRIVACY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THERE AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE THEIR EFFORTS YOU KNOW, ONTO A BROAD THE PUBLIC BUT I THINK IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME I THINK THIS SHOULD BE AN OPTION FOR COURSE AS YOU'RE MAKING IT MANDATORY THAT IF GET THIS YOU KNOW YOUR GOVERNMENT MAY COME IN RELATIVE THE SERVICE THAT YOU RECEIVE OH I THINK IT PROBABLY WAS NOT A PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR SOME SOME PROBABLY GOOD REASON SO I WOULD THINK WE WOULD GET THAT SOME CONSIDERATION AS WELL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAKING IT MANDATORY PEOPLE TO SHOW IT TO BE AT SOME POINT SO KNOW I JUST THINK THAT WE WOULD GIVE THAT SOME CONSIDERATION AND ALSO TO THE POINT THE HAVING ALL OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE STUDIED DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS AT THIS POINT BE BROUGHT UP TO ONE PLACE HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW WE'LL FIND THAT THOSE ARE BROUGHT FORWARD AS WE HAVE PASSED THEM OUT.
I WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IT WAS PROBABLY A GOOD REASON THAT SOME OF THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HASHED OUT WE FOUND THAT WELL BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO A CERTAIN POINT THERE HAD BEEN SOME RELATIVE DEVIATION HOWEVER SMALL OTHERWISE FROM THE VERY FROM THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT FROM THE TASK FORCE. SO THERE AGAIN I SUPPORT 100% THAT WE SEE THOSE SO THAT IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT AT THAT AT THE POINT WHERE MAY BE THAT WE COULD STILL ENTITY WHAT WE WHAT THE INTENT WAS AND I THINK ALL OF THOSE BEEN HAD GREAT INTENTIONS AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT EFFECT ON OUR COMMUNITY SO DEFINITELY WE WOULD WANT TO SEE THOSE NOT BEEN SORT OF ALTERED IN ANY WAY. LOOKS LIKE YOU WOULD SPREAD THE TABLE AND SAY ONE THING BUT THEN YOU GET THEN YOU KNOW IT'S ANOTHER STORY. SO THOSE MY TWO COMMENTS RELATIVE TO THE TOPICS THAT HAND JUST ONCE I CAN MR. SANDERS AND THAT'S VERY TRUE WITH OUR VERY OWN RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE TASK FORCE WE HAVE REALIZED OVER TIME THAT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN OUTSOURCED TO OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE BETTER TO ADDRESS THEM OR WE MIGHT HAVE IDENTIFIED THEM IN OUR INTENTIONS WHEN WE CREATED THEM BUT NOW WE FIND THAT THERE'S A BETTER WAY OR ANOTHER APPROACH TO THOSE. I THINK THAT DISTRICT PLANNING IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES COMES TO MY MIND. IF YOU REMEMBER BACK INITIALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE LAYERS OVER THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW OVERLAY OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S TERMINOLOGY WE DON'T USE A WHOLE LOT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING MORE IN THE DIRECTION DISTRICT PLANNING SO THAT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ONE PLACE BECAUSE WE DO GET THEM KIND OF PIECE AT A TIME OR FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WANT TO KNOW HOW IT'S TO AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY HERE, ESPECIALLY OUR GULLAH COMMUNITIES AND ALL THE QUESTIONS OF COMMENTS AGAIN THANK YOU STAFF FOR YOUR WORK AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR BEING HERE. MS. VERDE SHERMAN GOOD TO SEE
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YOU HERE COUNSELOR. WILLIAMS APPRECIATE YOUR TIMES AND YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL COUNCILMAN BROWN AND MR. PARSLEY FROM OUR CDC. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. AND WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE FIND OURSELVES ADJ* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.